Philadelphia
by Jonathan Demme
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Actor: Buzz Kilman, Denzel Washington, Karen Finley, Roberta Maxwell, Tom HanksDirector: Jonathan Demme
Brand: Sony
Producer: Jonathan Demme
Producer: Edward Saxon
Producer: Gary Goetzman
Producer: Kenneth Utt
Producer: Kristi Zea
Producer: Ronald M. Bozman
Writer: Ron Nyswaner
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; Spanish (Subtitled); Georgian (Subtitled); Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 1.85:1
Running Time: 125 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1997-09-10
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Sony Pictures
Movie Reviews of Philadelphia
Movie Review: philadelphia
Summary: 5 Stars
i love tom hanks, I have a few of his movies. he's a very good actor. I n this movie they play a homosexual with antonio banderas my two favorite
actors. At the end of the movie I CRIED because it was sad . he was dieing .it was good
Summary of Philadelphia
No one would take his case until one man was willing to take on the system. Two competing lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for aids discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops their courage overcomes the prejudice and corruption of their powerful adversaries. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 02/20/2007 Starring: Tom Hanks Denzel Washington Run time: 125 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: Jonathan DemmePhiladelphia wasn't the first movie about AIDS (it followed such worthy independent films as Parting Glances and Longtime Companion), but it was the first Hollywood studio picture to take AIDS as its primary subject. In that sense, Philadelphia is a historically important film. As such, it's worth remembering that director Jonathan Demme (Melvin and Howard, Something Wild, The Silence of the Lambs) wasn't interested in preaching to the converted; he set out to make a film that would connect with a mainstream audience. And he succeeded. Philadelphia was not only a hit, it also won Oscars for Bruce Springsteen's haunting "The Streets of Philadelphia," and for Tom Hanks as the gay lawyer Andrew Beckett who is unjustly fired by his firm because he has AIDS. Denzel Washington is another lawyer (functioning as the mainstream-audience surrogate) who reluctantly takes Beckett's case and learns to overcome his misconceptions about the disease, about those who contract it, and about gay people in general. The combined warmth and humanism of Hanks and Demme were absolutely essential to making this picture a success. The cast also features Jason Robards, Antonio Banderas (as Beckett's lover), Joanne Woodward, and Robert Ridgely, and, of course, those Demme regulars Charles Napier, Tracey Walter, and Roger Corman. --Jim Emerson
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